Lipso

Greek Sailing Odyssey Day 15: Lipso - Leros by Honza Cervenka

I was woken by a very strong gust of wind that got through a small ventilation opening in my cabin--made a huge squeek!  Once we all got a bite to eat for breakfast, we went for a long walk around the south-east part of the island--a bay on the other side of the island was our ultimate destination.  Once we stepped off the boat, my dad my day lost a hat in a particularly powerful gust of wind.  Not the best way to start the walk!  In Greece, you do really want to do your best to hold on to a hat; it's often the only thing saving you from being burned alive under the ever-beating sun.  But it was not lost for good:  It turned out that Lisa had lost a shoe last night as it fell into the sea, but she managed to find a corner in the harbour where the currents and waves converged, waited for the shoe to do-si-do there and simply fished it out.  We decided to do the same--by the time we're back from the walk the hat should be ready to be salvaged!

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Greek Sailing Odyssey Day 14: Patmos - Lipso by Honza Cervenka

Today was an exciting day.  We woke up early to catch the 7:40 bus to the Chora (generic name for the main village on a Greek island, usually also the one placed at the highest altitude of other settlements) and the monastery. The bus was on time (early, actually!) and dropped us off close to the monastery in about 15 minutes. The entrance was closed even though the monastery was supposed to open at 8am--not everybody in Patmos was quite as punctual as our bus driver!  It took the warden 25 minutes to come open it--it looks like late night partying in bars that we see everywhere finally caught up with somebody.  

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